Posts tagged with "Mark Fraser"

October 8th, 2015Ottawa finished the 2015 preseason with the most unlikeliest of wins. While being out shot 37 to 15, the Senators put five past Montreal St. John's goalie Dustin Tokarski while Montreal could only score four on prospect Matt O'Connor. Ottawa's offensive performance certainly made for entertaining viewing, but consistently relying on...

September 28th, 2015Mark Fraser has been released from his tryout deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs and is expected to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators worth $800,000 at the NHL level, according to the Ottawa Sun's Bruce Garrioch. Fraser, as TSN's Travis Yost highlighted on Twitter, hasn't been an All-Star in recent seasons....

September 16th, 2015The New Jersey Devils have long been one of the more successful organizations in utilizing the PTO, or professional tryout, as means to acquire an inexpensive, veteran body to the NHL lineup. Adam Mair in 2010; Petr Sykora and Steve Bernier a year later; Then came Damien Brunner, who scored 32 points in parts of two seasons before having...

June 28th, 2015With Ray Shero starting to put his mark on the New Jersey Devils as the team's new GM -- he announced the team's first round selection at the draft instead of Lou Lamoriello, which took the announcer by surprise -- a number of the Devils free agents have been informed that they will not be returning to the team next year. Among those...

May 28th, 2015I wrote on Saturday about how the future of the Carolina Hurricanes seems to be defense-oriented. They have many solid prospects in their organization, and have the opportunity to add another top-tier talent in the upcoming 2015 NHL Entry Draft. However, even if everything goes according to plan, many of those prospects are still years...

May 15th, 2015The long road of a comeback is never easy and it certainly wasn’t easy for Mark Fraser this past season. He was unemployed from July until November 2 when the New Jersey Devils signed him to an AHL contract. With the Albany Devils he saw action in 18 games (1g-2a-45 PiM) before he was signed to an NHL contract on December 18 and...

February 9th, 2015 After New Jersey was crushed by the Montreal Canadians 6-2 on Saturday night at the Bell Centre, the looming trade deadline cannot continue to be ignored. Even with the Devils going an impressive 8-3-2 in their last 13 games, they remain 12 points out of a playoff spot. At some point within the next week, New Jersey will need to make...

The Maple Leafs have lost 5 of 6 going into Thursday's tilt against the Phoenix Coyotes and currently lie six points short of automatic playoff qualification from their division. With that in mind, here are five things that would make Randy Carlyle smile more than when he got his bread stuck in the toaster. 1. The goaltenders to...

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